Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Redesign of the WHOLE Ethereal main menu

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 19:44:14 +0100

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:02:12 -0800
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Redesign of the WHOLE Ethereal main menu
	structure
To: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Cc: Ethereal-Dev <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Can we get rid of the summary window that pops up when you start a capture (or make it optional at least)? I'd rather have it as another optional pane in the main window.
I would need a concept, before implementing anything of this. Someone (I think Guy Harris) has suggested, to optionally show only the number of frames for performance reasons, so there might be other ideas about this topic out there. BTW: Why do you think, this dialog shouldn't pop up?

I'd also prefer that the start/stop functions just be toolbar buttons, now that a toolbar exists.
It isn't a good idea to put functionality only in the toolbar/context menu/..., as someone could disable the toolbar and won't even see the possibility for using this.

While I'm wishing, it
Well, christmas is near ;-)

would also be nice if the auto-scrolling was something I could click on and off while capture, rather than having to pick it once when I start.

I would agree, but I have lot's of other things to do, so don't expect anything to be happen on this topics in the near future...

Regards, ULFL